Samish people

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The Samish people are a Coast Salish Indigenous group of the Pacific Northwest, traditionally based around the San Juan Islands and nearby mainland in what is now Washington State.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Samish people canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Coast Salish people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
Native American tribe ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalGroup Coast Salish ⓘ
culturalHeritage Coast Salish art ⓘ
carving ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
culturalPractice canoe travel ⓘ
potlatch ceremonies ⓘ
culturalRegion Salish Sea ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
hasGovernment Samish Indian Nation ⓘ
hasOrganization Samish Indian Nation Cultural Department ⓘ
Samish Indian Nation Health and Human Services Department ⓘ
Samish Indian Nation Natural Resources Department ⓘ
hasPopulationType enrolled tribal members ⓘ
hasTribalGovernmentType tribal council ⓘ
historicalTerritoryIncludes Fidalgo Island ⓘ
Guemes Island ⓘ
parts of the San Juan Islands ⓘ
languageFamily Salishan languages ⓘ
legalStatus sovereign tribal nation within the United States ⓘ
modernHeadquartersLocation Anacortes, Washington ⓘ
linked to: Anacortes
partOf Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
primaryReligion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Indigenous beliefs ⓘ
recognizedAs federally recognized tribe ⓘ
recognizedBy United States federal government ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Lummi people ⓘ
Saanich people ⓘ
Songhees people ⓘ
Swinomish people ⓘ
other Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
state Washington ⓘ
traditionalRegion Pacific Northwest ⓘ
San Juan Islands ⓘ
northwestern Washington ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
plant gathering ⓘ
shellfish gathering ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Straits Salish → ethnicGroup → Samish people ⓘ
Lummi people → sharesCultureWith → Samish people ⓘ
Samish dialect → traditionalSpeakers → Samish people ⓘ
Samish Indian Nation → people → Samish people ⓘ
Saanich people → neighboringGroup → Samish people ⓘ
Swinomish people → relatedEthnicGroup → Samish people ⓘ